On Billboards album chart. Hip Hop seems to be experiencing a sort of mainstream rebirth (1st Common, now Kwe) and Im loving it! THis album is 20 songs strong, and while Kweli has never dissappointed lyrically, on this outting his flow compliments the tracks instead of fighting them. He's not trying to fit as many syllables as humanly possible into a bar/verse, and the whole album benefits from it. This album is so good!

If you havent peeped this album you should.

Never thought I'd see the day, to be honest. Who was #1?

Cinnie said:

I know, right?

Highschool Musical was # 1.

unkemptpueblo said:

wow! and that's not even for music fans and should be on its own chart of cultural phenomena

Cinnie said:

I know. People keep trying to compare it to Grease, but Grease was actually good. I guess if you're a preteen its easy to get caught up in how cute so and so is, and not really get too critical when listening to the tunes. I dont know. I watched Highschool Musical w/my kids and parts of it were actually a little entertaining



ok, enough! Have you heard Eardrum?


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unkemptpueblo said:

I heard the joint with Norah Jones (of all people!) produced by Madlib (awesome!) and that's enough to make me want to buy it.

I also have:
-Black Star (1998)
-Reflection Eternal (2000)
-Quality (2002)
-The Beautiful Struggle (2004)
-Liberation (2006)

I'm missing Right About Now from 2005.

Cinnie said:

Yessir! "Soon the New Day" w/ N. Jones is a highlight. Man, I love "Quality", and "Blackstar" of course is a friggin classic! How is Liberation? That was the net-only joint, right? Never got around to that one.

unkemptpueblo said:

Hands down.

MsLegs said:

indeed.

didn't Common's new album also debut at #1?

Maybe hip-hop heads are starting to realize.

Talib outsold Yung Joc this past week in first week sales.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

That's a good thang! Rock on talib.

Meloh9 said:

sure did

unkemptpueblo said:

Finally, something positive on "9/11". I swear, I'm tired of the people on the news trying to bring the public down. All that negative crap is depressing and necessary. The casualites of war are bad enough. But, either way, this day seems to be unprecedented for all hip-hop-heads.

Maybe if this keeps up neither Kanye nor Fiddy will sell any cd's, get mad and BOTH quit!!

SexyBeautifulOne said:

Kanye can always produce, though. That's what he's best at, I say.